“How about if we don’t do a subsequent debate? Yes?” he asked before reversing himself: “Ah, no, I’ll do it.”

Trump famously skipped a Fox-hosted discuss final month while angry about Megyn Kelly, one of a moderators for a event. Kelly is set to return as one of a moderators for subsequent week’s debate.

At his Friday-night convene in Oklahoma, Trump focused his discuss critique on a predictability of a prime-time bouts. He pronounced he knew what his 4 remaining competitors — late neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida — would say.

Trump said:

But we demeanour during what’s going on and we say, “Why are we doing these debates? What’s a purpose? How many times can we contend a same thing over and over?” we can give we a answers of a governor, a dual senators. we can give we each singular answer. we can also contend Ben will protest about not being asked a question. And he’s right! It’s not fair. But we can give we a answers. It’s like they’re entrance out of your ears!

As he has finished before, a former reality-television star also forked out that his appearance has helped pull large ratings for a Republican debates. He also called on a networks to present some of their ad income to charity.

“This is like a Super Bowl of wire television. Last night’s did very, very, good — we know, only illusory numbers,” Trump pronounced of a CNN-hosted discuss a night before.

“I have to tell you, 4 years ago, they did really badly,” he added. “I consternation what a disproportion is, right? We consternation what. So now we have another one entrance adult subsequent Thursday and it only feels so ridiculous.”